<Anchor> In
order to reduce the amount of vinyl that is used too much in the distribution process, the Ministry of Environment has created a detailed agreement prohibiting repacking of finished products.
When the approximate plan was released in June, it was misunderstood that 1+1 bundle sales would disappear, but reporter Park Chan-beom summarized it in detail.
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Re-packaging is prohibited when the retailer wraps the finished product with synthetic resin such as vinyl once more.
There are many dairy products and detergents, but these products cannot be repackaged in synthetic resin, that is, sold in bundles in the form of 1+1 or free gifts.
Consumers can choose a single product twice instead of a 1+1 bundle.
[In-ho Yoo/Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: What if I had to pick up two for one price...
.]
If it is repackaged with paper other than synthetic resin, it is not subject to ban.
And the most common way to bundle multiple products with tape is just as acceptable now.
For this reason, some say the scope of regulations is not wide.
[Soo-Yeol Flood/Director of Resource Recycling Society and Economic Research Institute: (Large Mart) The tape was also removed from the autonomous packaging, right?
Even in the case of bandage, plastic is used in the end.
Consistently, we have to thoroughly reduce all such parts.] It
is also forbidden for manufacturers to
submit
products that can be sold individually in groups of three or less.
In the case of ramen, it has been removed from this regulation as it is usually grouped into 5 or more units.
All primary foods such as vegetables, fruits, fish and meat are excluded from the repackaging ban.
In response to the fact that the policy effect is not significant due to the reduced number of regulations, the Ministry of Environment explained that if the repackaging of synthetic resins is banned from next year, it could reduce 27,000 tons or 8% of the annual waste vinyl generation.
(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Choi Jin-hoe·Um So-min)